'Explosion' of new software fires up drone uptake in agriculture

Vernon Graham
September 22 2020 - 10:00am
MILITARY PRECISION: Tristan Steventon said his career in the Amy where he received large amounts of information and then had to act on it has helped shape his attitude to using data collected by drones for better and faster decision making in agriculture.
MILITARY PRECISION: Tristan Steventon said his career in the Amy where he received large amounts of information and then had to act on it has helped shape his attitude to using data collected by drones for better and faster decision making in agriculture.

An explosion of new software is triggering a surge in the use of drones on farms, says a former Australian Army officer who has founded an ag-tech company built on collecting data using the machines.

Vernon Graham

Vernon Graham

National machinery and property writer

Former editor of The Land, former Fairfax Media Agricultural Editor

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